Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment (Publications)
mug/m(3) for PM2.5 and 40 mug/m(3) for NO2) were achieved and if air pollution concentrations were reduced to the lowest values measured in 2015 in European cities (ie, 3.7 mug/m(3) for PM2.5 and 3.5 mug/m(3) [...] deaths per 100 000 population for PM2.5 and from 0 to 73 deaths for NO2 per 100 000 population when the lowest measured concentrations were considered. The highest PM2.5 mortality burden was estimated for [...] e health impact assessment for the year 2015 to estimate the effect of air...
Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment (Publications)
mug/m(3) for PM2.5 and 40 mug/m(3) for NO2) were achieved and if air pollution concentrations were reduced to the lowest values measured in 2015 in European cities (ie, 3.7 mug/m(3) for PM2.5 and 3.5 mug/m(3) [...] deaths per 100 000 population for PM2.5 and from 0 to 73 deaths for NO2 per 100 000 population when the lowest measured concentrations were considered. The highest PM2.5 mortality burden was estimated for [...] e health impact assessment for the year 2015 to estimate the effect of air...
Dog ownership enhances symptomatic responses to air pollution in children with asthma (Publications)
exposure to nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particulate matter < 10, 2.5, and 10-2.5 microm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10, PM2.5, and PM10-2.5, respectively), elemental and organic carbon, and acid vapor from [...] bronchitic symptoms and all pollutants examined. Odds ratios ranged from 1.30 per 4.2 microg/m3 for PM10-2.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.91-1.87) to 1.91 per 1.2 microg/m3 for organic carbon (95% CI, 1.34-2
Size fractionate particulate matter, vehicle traffic, and case-specific daily mortality in Barcelona, Spain (Publications)
we investigated the association between three independent size fractions, coarse (PM10-2.5), intermodal (PM2.5-1), and very fine PMs (PM1), and three health outcomes, respiratory, cardiovascular, and [...] PM10-2.5 was 1.059 (95% CI, 1.026-1.094) for cardiovascular mortality and 1.098 (95% CI, 1.030-1.171) for cerebrovascular mortality. Association with respiratory mortality was only detected for PM2.5-1 at [...] from different sources and the mechanisms of action. We found that increased...
Helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China (Publications)
Trichuris trichiura and hookworms was 15.4%, 3.5%, 1.7% and 0.3%, respectively. The seroprevalence of Trichinella spp. was 58.8% and that of cysticercosis 18.5%. The egg positivity rate of S. japonicum in [...] China, including risk factor analysis. We collected stool and blood samples from 3220 individuals, aged 5-88 years, from 35 randomly selected villages in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China. Stool samples [...] in the 13 known endemic villages was 2.7%, and the corresponding...
Physical activity intensity and surrogate markers for cardiovascular health in adolescents (Publications)
high) based on the daily time spent in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA, 3,000-5,200 counts(.)min(-1), model 1) and vigorous PA (VPA, > 5,200 counts(.)min(-1), model 2). MVPA was an independent predictor for rMSSD [...] = 0.046). In model 2, the high VPA group had higher maximum power output values (3.9 +/- 0.5 vs. 3.4 +/- 0.5 W kg(-1), P = 0.012). In both models, no significant differences were observed for RHI and [Formula: [...] surrogate markers of cardiovascular health in adolescents. 52...
Mutual effects of fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and fireworks on cause-specific acute cardiovascular mortality: a case-crossover study in... (Publications)
mortality of traffic-related air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are still debated. We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study for a population located around [...] We estimated the risk of cause-specific cardiovascular mortality associated with daily NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations at home using distributed lag models up to 7 days preceding death, adjusted for daily [...] , and holidays. Cardiovascular mortality was associated with NO2,...
Comparison of two different semiquantitative urinary dipstick tests with albumin-to-creatinine ratio for screening and classification of albuminuria... (Publications)
Sensitivity was 82.9% (95% CI 75.1-89.1%) and 91.9% (95% CI 88.7-96.9%) and specificity 71.5% (95% CI 68.4-74.6%) and 17.5% (95% CI 15.0-20.2%) for the Combur9-Test((R)) and Micral-Test((R)), respectively. Correct [...] cut-offs of 30, 100, and > /=300 mg/dL, and with the Micral-Test((R)) it was 1.8%, 10.5%, and 53.6% at cut-offs of 2, 5, and 10 mg/dL, respectively. Overall, disagreement to KDIGO albuminuria was seen in [...] and 73% with the Combur9-Test((R)) and Micral-Test((R)), respectively....
Influence of exposure assessment methods on associations between long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter and risk of cancer in the... (Publications)
(1.19-1.73) for one IQR increase of cumulative PM2.5 exposure for the LUR and the Gazel-Air models respectively, followed by a plateau at around 1.5 for both exposure assessments. For lung cancer (349 [...] BACKGROUND: Many studies investigated the relationship between outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cancer. While they generally indicated positive associations, results have not been fully consistent [...] the diversity of methods used to assess exposure. OBJECTIVES: To investigate...
Diagnostic accuracy of the InBios Scrub Typhus DetectTM ELISA for the detection of IgM antibodies in Chittagong, Bangladesh (Publications)
of 91.5 (95% confidence interval (95% CI: 96.8(-)82.5) and a specificity (Sp) of 92.4 (95% CI: 95.0(-)89.0), while for convalescent samples the OD cut-off was > /=1.50 with Sn of 66.0 (95% CI: 78.5(-)51 [...] admission samples, the best Sn/Sp compromise was at 1.25 OD (Sn 91.5%, Sp 92.4%) and for convalescent samples at 0.75 OD (Sn 69.8%, Sp 89.5%). A relatively high (stringent) diagnostic cut-off value provides